Intercell connecter



July 25, 1933. W E NYCE 1,919,902

INTERCELL CONNEQTER Filed Feb. 16, 1929 W/r/vfss.- I 9 af/ac@ /1/ C@ UNITED-:STATES storage *batteries* My connecter'is so def `signed as to cooperate V'with' the partition Pz'atenteclV July `25, 1933 PATE NT OFFICE M x WALLACE nNYcE, or PHILADELrHIA, :PENNSYLVANIA .,INTERCELL CONNECTER Y, I

Appiieun me@ February 16,1929. serial No; 340,523.

`The object ofmy invention is to produce an improved intercell connecter for use 1n wall of a storage battery at-'the point where it passes j therethrough.V "It is intended to .g `provide a space between the partition wall andthe connecter'for the introduction'of `sealing compound to prevent the creeping of electrolyte between the cells of a storage battery which are separated by the partition `Thereis thus provided a simplified interv` `cell connecter whichprovides for more convenient and economical assembly of a stor age battery. Y

Other'objects of my invention will appear from the annexed drawing and specification at theV end whereof my invention will be claimed. Y

In the drawing, n Y v s Figure l represents a vertical elevation of l a partition wall and an intercell connecter, n part of the connecter being `broken away. Y

Figure -2 represents a'plan viewof a par.-V

tition wall and an intercellconnecter.`

Figure 3 represents across sectionon line c V 3--3 of Figure 2,

Figure 4 is a projection view of a portion of the upperedge of a partition wall as adapted to receivemy. improved intercell connecter.` y v V Figure 5 isa detailed projection Vview showing the center or `yoke portion of a connecter. 4, f M

n Referring toy the drawing, l 1l represents a `partition-wall of a storage battery which serves to separatetwo of the cells Vinto which a storage battery isrdivided.

Inthe upper edge of such a wall 1 Visformed fa notch or opening 2 adjacentto which are formed shouldered notches 3 and/1. AVAn intercell connecter is a metallic element adapt-v edjto connect theV lugs orears on a set` of.

plates'in one cell of a storagebattery with n the lugs or ears' in another set of plates in `Ran adjacent cell of a storage battery. Such' an intercell connecter consists ofa: yokeele- L men't .5 of reduced cross section situated be m50 tween two larger shouldered members 6 and 7 which areso designedlas to fit snugly into the shouldered notches orf openings 3 and 4g respectively. #From shoulders 6 `and 7 pro l ject horizontally flanged members, 8 and 9 which carry fork, comb or'teeth like elennot intend to Vbe limited 'save' by V lling said space, Y

`ments l0 and 1l respectively, which are adapted to receive the lugs or ears 12V on the storage battery plates 13 between them.

The lugs or ears on the plates are fastened "to the elements 10 and 11 by meltingthe metal, of which they are both composed, together. l The small 'yoke 5, in operation, is situated -in the enlarged opening Qbetween the shoul-V dered portions 6 and 7 which lit quite snugly down into the openings 3 and V4f as best-V ushown in Figure 3.' Shoulders 6 and 7 together with the-wallsfof the opening 2 and the yoke 5 form an openingof U-shaped i cross section, as appears in Figure l, which isadapted to contain sealing compound of a gummy or waxy n nature which is poured Y' art and `the attached v claims. `I claim cellfto the` other by f vthe prior Vl. I'na storage battery the combination ofa partition wall having an'opening inthe` upper Vedge thereof and shouldered notches adjacent to said opening andan intercell connecter having ,-a yoke adapted to be' loy.

cated in. said opening but spaced from theV V .walls of said opening and having shoulders adapted to contact w'iththe shoulders on the partition Vwall soas to form an opening bes' tween the yoke and shoulders of theintercell connecter-and the upper surface of the partition wall said opening being adapted to contain sealing compound, andV sealing com` pound in said opening. v p g 2. Ina storage battery, the combination of a partition wall having a notch in its upper edge, an intercell connecter passing through saidnotch but spaced from the walls lUU of said notch, said intercell connecterrhaving.` thereon shoulders contacting the opposite vertical faces of the wall around the notch,

said connecter the walls of said notch and said shoulders defining a space therebetween which is completely enclosed except at the top ofthe wall,

WALLACE E. NYcE.

and sealing compound 

